Ramanaya stilt walker talking to child with yellow balloon - Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
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Roman Road Festival Eid Party & Sunday Market [photoessay]

For the first time ever the Roman Road car park was brought to life with an Eid Party and Sunday craft market as part of Roman Road Summer Festival 2015.  Food producers, designer-makers and artists sold locally-made produce, arts and crafts; the craft tent entertained children with face painting, cookie decorating and henna art; there was magic, Bollywood dancing, Bangladeshi folk dancing at the Teeny Tiny Theatre, and festival goers lunched on halal world food from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India and New York.

Bangladeshi dance troupe Tridhara in brightly coloured folk costumes at Roman Road Festival
Tridhara Bangladeshi dance troupe hanging out with the DJ – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Ramanaya stilt walker talking to child with yellow balloon at Roman Road Festival
Ramanaya stilt walker talking to child with yellow balloon – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Red velvet cake with butter icing at Roman Road Festival
Red velvet cake – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Fresh local produce at the Roman Road Food Assembly stall at Roman Road Festival
Fresh local produce at the Roman Road Food Assembly stall – Roman Road Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Traditional Bollywood dancers and drummer at Roman Road Festival
The Bollywood Co dancers and drummer – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Food Assembly Poster explaining how it works
Food Assembly Poster – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
A tower of cheese wheels at Roman Road Festival Food Assembly stall
Towering cheese balls! – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Cid Shaha stiltwalker at Teeny Tiny Theatre Roman Road Festival Eid Party
Cid Shaha towering above our Eid Party – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Black board painted sign showing what's on at Roman Road Festival Eid Party
Signage of what’s on at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Man wearing Tshirt saying Halal Meat
Even the hotdogs were halal from Big Apple Hot Dogs
Craft corner tent, with face painting and cookie decoration, at Roman Road Festival
Craft corner with face painting and biscuit decoration – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Talking at Roman Road Festival about disappearing pubs in East End of London
Talking about disappearing pubs in East End – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Jewellery stand at Roman Road Festival
Local jewellery maker Virginia the Wolf – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Market stand selling local art and prints at Roman Road Festival
Local East London art – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Roman Road Summer Festival printed programme, green and yellow
Roman Road Summer Festival programme – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Red RoRdLDN shopping tote at Roman Road Festival
RoRd shopping tote – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Afro Caribbean woman selling jars of chutney at Roman Road Festival
Proud to be selling at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Cake stand with mini cupcakes at Roman Road Festival
Mini cupcakes! – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Asian boy with dinasaur face painting at Roman Road Festival
I am a dinasaur! – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Bollywood dancers at Roman Road Festival Teeny Tiny Theatre
Showmi Das and her Tridhara dance troupe – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Piles of bread at market stall, Roman Road Festival
The White Hat Bakery food stand – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Homemade Love Jam jam jars for sale at festival market
Homemade local jam – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Bars of handmade local chocolate gifts at Roman Road Festival
Bars of handmade local chocolate – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Made in E3 and Bow Baby bibs for sale at Roman Road Festival
Made in E3 and Bow Baby bibs – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Number 8 bus Roman Road print
Roman Road No8 bus print – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Cake on a stand with rainbow layers and butter icing
Rainbow cake – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Children at the outdoor Teeny Tiny Theatre doing Bollywood moves at Roman Road Festival
Bollywood dancing workshop – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Crowds getting food at Roman Road Festival
Food court – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Chelsea Buns in a basket at Roman Road Festival
Who doesn’t love a sticky Chelsea Bun? Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
DJ Ritu and Sam from Radiance at the DJ booth
DJ Ritu and Sam from Radiance at the DJ boothDJ Ritu and Sam from Radiance at the DJ booth
Bollywood dancers in green skirts and yellow tops at Roman Road Festival
The Bollywood Co dancers taking a lunch break from their performances – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Market stalls at Roman Road Festival
Market stalls – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Indian stilt walkers getting prepared and putting on costumes
Cid Shaha stilt walker getting ready – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Roman Road Festival organisers team shot
Roman Road Festival organisers – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Painted wooden sign for Sri Lankan street food, Kothu Kothu
Kothu Kothu Sri Lankan street food – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Magician on red carpet with children holding up hands, village fete bunting
Magician on the red carpet – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Bollywood dancers and drummer in courtyard
The Bollywood Co in the preparing at 504 Gallery – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Food stall with marinated curry meat
Tasty spicy food – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Bollywood dancing against red velvet at the Teeny Tiny Theatre for Roman Road Festival
The Bollwood Company – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Black cab for Where's My Boozer Gone? East End campagin
The Where’s My Boozer Gone? black cab – Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Craft table, face painting, cookie decoration, bunting, fete
Craft corner at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography
Asian girl with face painting of purple butterfuly
Face painting at Roman Road Summer Festival © Fields of Light Photography


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